OSUN State chapter of the Action Alliance (AA) on Saturday elected Prince Olaniyi Fadahunsi as Party flagbearer in it’s governorship primary election to select candidate for July 16 election in the State.
Fadahunsi who won in the contest between him and pastor Ayodeji Oni at the state party Secretariat, Osogbo where the exercise took place scored 85 votes as against his contender, Pastor Oni who scored 6 votes at the indirect primary election.
Speaking after the election, the national chairman of the party, Hon. Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, congratulated Fadahunsi on his victory and handed over party flag to him with prayer that, he would emerge as the next governor of the state by the grace of God.
According to him, “Action Alliance will emerge victorious at the end of July 16, governorship election in Osun State; as, people are yearning for a party that would rescue them for alleged misrule of the All Progressives Congress APC and Peoples Democratic Party PDP and AA is the best option for the assignment.”
In his acceptance speech, Prince Olaniyi Fadahunsi called on all members to unite and work assiduously for the party declaring that there is no victor or vanquished in the outcome of the primary.
According to him, “We will together offer a better alternative to the status quo governance that has not propel the state forward since the advent of democracy in 1999.
He charged the party members to rally round him to make his dream of becoming the next governor in the state a reality and promised to make the state more virile if votes in as the state governor.
” I want to assure you that, I will exploit all the resources available in the state both human and material to deliver dividend of democracy to Osun people, he stressed.
In his remark,the primary election committee chairman, Hon Aliyu Inuwa Dandoge said, Prince Adekunle Fadahunsi was declared elected having satisfied the constitutional provisions of the party.
The committee chairman who is also, the Kano state chairman of Action Alliance, commended the party members for their good coordination before, during and after the election and charged them to be optimistic that, the party candidate would win the awaiting Governorship election in the state.
He maintained that, the action alliance is a party that is blessed with formidable structure that could stand the test of time and maintained that, there is no cause for alarm for party members to exercise fear in the contest ahead.
